Diagnostic Accuracy in Sepsis Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Kelly (PA)
Introduced
Summary
Adds blood culture contamination as a hospital-acquired condition under Medicare. This change would require the Secretary to establish a blood culture contamination measure capped at 1 percent for HAC applicability, effective for discharges in fiscal year 2026 and later.
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- Hospitals: Hospitals would be measured on blood culture contamination and could be designated as "applicable hospitals" under Medicare's hospital-acquired condition rules if their contamination rate exceeds 1 percent.
- Medicare oversight: The Secretary would have to create and apply a Blood culture contamination measure that limits the rate used for HAC determinations to 1 percent.
- Timing and scope: The provision applies to discharges during fiscal year 2026 and later and inserts a new quantitative standard into the existing HAC measurement framework.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Medicare limits contaminated hospital blood tests
This bill would add blood culture contamination to Medicare’s list of hospital-acquired conditions. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would set a measure so hospitals keep contamination at or below 1%. It would apply to hospital discharges in fiscal year 2026 and later. This measure would be used in Medicare’s hospital-acquired condition program and could affect how hospitals are assessed and paid.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Cosponsors
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Vindman
VA • D
Sponsored 11/17/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 11/18/2025
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